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1 " When night falls, come and visit me, For I have seen night keeps secrets best. "
― Somaiya Daud , Mirage (Mirage, #1)
2 " You do not kneel or bend, I told myself. To anyone. You continue. "
3 " The blood never dies. The blood never forgets. "
4 " All may see the stars, but few will see their forebears. "
5 " A cage is a cage even if gilded. "
6 " You are lucky", she said. "Me?" "You know where you belong. You have your family and your traditions, no one is...is screaming at you to be something else. "
7 " I could want until I was dead and nothing would come to pass. Wanting never solved anything. "
8 " You were alone.""Not entirely." My fingers wrapped around the charm. "I had hope. "
9 " The cruelty of men knew few bounds. "
10 " Arinaas’s flame might char my skin and break my bones, but in the end I would emerge remade, newer and stronger and a version of myself no one could snuff out. I’d prayed for a sign, for hope, for a purpose in being sent to the Ziyaana. "
11 " When you are raised in a place like Cadiz, in a time like ours, you learned the signs. The absolute silence, followed by the soft, near imperceptible click of metal against stone. The soft whir of gears just loud enough to announce itself. The Vath rarely sent men to our homes. When they did—well. The cruelty of men knew few bounds. So there was some relief when the first body through the door was an Imperial droid, chrome and silver, its body etched in cruel, sharp designs. "
12 " I urge you to come on feet faster than the wind, Come and rise over my breast and take root in me and plough me. And no matter what befalls you while we're entwined, Don't let me go until you've flushed me thrice. "